Sarah Palin's twin lives here in Maine

Imagine living a rather quiet life as a news anchor for WVII, the ABC affiliate in Bangor, Maine, and within weeks of Alaska's governor Sarah Palin being announced as the Republican candidate for Vice President, you start getting hate mail and mean voicemail messages from a group of female TV viewers. That is exactly what happened to Bangor news anchor Cindy Michaels.
Cindy has long hair and wears contacts, but every so often she wears her glasses and puts her hair up. She has been doing this for several years, and her regular news viewers should be quite used to her appearance. But, since Sarah Palin has been thrust into the spotlight in just one month's time, and her look has become quite familiar to the entire world, and the look is rather similar, if not identical to Cindy Michaels look. Cindy has quickly been noticed by national media who have heard about her and her recent unfortunate displeasure of some viewers, who claim she is trying to "sway their vote" by appearing to look like Sarah Palin. One caller even told her she looked like a "cheap K-Mart version of Sarah Palin."

Dave and I talked to her this morning on our show, and when we asked her if she has any plans to change her look to appease those who are upset with it, she answered with a firm, "No way!" Good for her!!

In an effort to prove that the "hair and glasses look" is the ONLY similarity Sarah and Cindy have, we chose to ask her a series of rapid fire questions to see for ourselves. Here's how it went:

MICHELLE: Do you have any caribou meat in your freezer?
CINDY: NO

MICHELLE: Have you ever gone commercial fishing?
CINDY: NO

MICHELLE: Have you ever been on a wolf hunt?
CINDY: NO

MICHELLE: Have you ever been runner up for Miss Alaska?
CINDY: NO

MICHELLE: Have you ever been mayor of a town called Wasilla?
CINDY: NO

MICHELLE: Are you a hockey mom?
CINDY: NO, but I was.

MICHELLE: Is your favorite meal moose stew?
CINDY: NO

MICHELLE: Can you see Russia from your house?
CINDY: NO, but I can see Canada (ha, ha)

She was a good sport and is actually enjoying her brief fling with national fame. We wish her the best!

Now if anybody knows any news anchors who look like Joe Biden, please let us know...equal press time afterall. :)